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• Europe's robots to become "electronic persons" under draft plan

  21-06-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as 'electronic persons' and their owners liable to paying social security under a draft EU proposal.
  
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• The $35,000 hugging machine that can help calm autism sufferers 

  21-06-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OrbisBox mimics a hug to help calm those with autism. Created by Gloria Mundi Care, it creates the squeeze effect with foam covered panels and light and sound therapy. And is available for $35,000.
  
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• What's the key to a good night's sleep? The answer lies in your pre-bed routine 

  21-06-2016 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Western Australia found switching off all electronics one hour before bed, using mindfulness and meditation and sleeping in a cool room are key to getting good shut eye.
  
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• Mystery of the blind Mexican catfish in Texas cave

  21-06-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A species of rare, eyeless catfish thought only to exist in Mexico has now been discovered deep in a limestone cave in Texas. The pair has been collected and relocated to the San Antonio Zoo.
  
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• 72 new emojis including rashers of bacon, pregnant women and Mrs Claus

  21-06-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Unicode Consortium officially released the 72 new emojis today - although it may take manufacturers a little longer to add them.
  
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• Twitter ssers can now post clips up to 140 seconds long

  21-06-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is letting users be even more creative with their video Tweets. The firm has increased the time allowed to 140 seconds. This option is also available to a small group of creators on Vine.
  
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• The AI that could predict the future of your relationships

  21-06-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our inability to predict human interactions have led to many doomed relationships. Now MIT has taught an AI to understand body language patterns and predicts our next move.
  
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• NASA's Saturn V makes its final journey

  21-06-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 138 feet long first stage booster of Nasa's Saturn V was transported from Nasa's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the Infinity Science Centre in Mississippi 50 miles away.
  
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• Apple pulls refugee rescue app from store after it is revealed as a FAKE 

  21-06-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The award-winning 'I Sea' App was advertised as providing real-time satellite images of the Mediterranean to locate refugees on ships who could then be rescued.
  
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• 'cone-headed' skull from ancient Silla culture discovered in Korea

  21-06-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in Korea have discovered the skull of a woman from the Silla Kingdom, in Gyenongiu, their historic capital. The Silla ruled part of the Korean Peninsula from 57 BC to AD 935 .
  
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• Facebook scraps in-video links to other sites

  21-06-2016 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook withdraws video creators' ability to embed links into their clips to direct viewers to their own sites.
  
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• Killer electrons that circle the planet are created by a massive 'space tsunami'

  21-06-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The third Van Allen belt puzzled scientists with increasingly complex models being developed. Now scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, believe they know how it formed.
  
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• Inflammation from itching 'helps viruses like Zika spread around the body' 

  21-06-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Leeds and Glasgow universities discovered some white blood cells, triggered by the body's immune response to the saliva, became infected and replicated the virus.
  
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• Apple pulls refugee rescue app that ‘helps locate people lost at sea’ from App store after it is revealed as a FAKE 

  21-06-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The award-winning 'I Sea' App was advertised as providing real-time satellite images of the Mediterranean to locate refugees on ships who could then be rescued.
  
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• We may NEVER know if we are living in a computer simulation, warns Bill Nye

  21-06-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent video, Bill Nye the Science Guy explains that a computer simulated reality would be too sophisticated for us to detect, making it 'unknowable' whether or not we live in one.
  
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• Scientists say a 20 minute walk with your family could stop arguments

  21-06-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of Illinois suggests that nature has the potential to have greater positive outcomes for families than other leisure contexts such as watching TV.
  
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• Budgies are the first species other than humans that have been seen to learn grammar

  21-06-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Leiden and Duke University put six budgerigars through their paces. They played them five bursts of song made of three parts and rewarded if they recognised a pattern.
  
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• Zebra finches learn their song from their fathers in same way humans learn language

  21-06-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University has identified the neurons in the brain that are associated with auditory memory of song.
  
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• Man-made toxic chemicals are found 7 MILES below the Pacific

  21-06-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers studying amphipods from the Mariana and Kermadec Trenches (illustrated) found high concentrations of toxic chemicals used to make plastics and flame retardants.
  
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• Pilots can better predict which weather conditions will lead to lethal build-up of ice on plane wings

  21-06-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University built on the previously known concept of supercooled large droplets which freeze and cause ice to build up on airplane wings.
  
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• Saturn V makes its final journey: Last of Nasa's Apollo era boosters transported by boat and road to new home 

  21-06-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 138 feet long first stage booster of Nasa's Saturn V was transported from Nasa's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the Infinity Science Centre in Mississippi 50 miles away.
  
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• Why the long face? Bizarre 'cone-headed' skull of woman from 2,000-year-old ancient Silla culture discovered in Korea

  21-06-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in Korea have discovered the skull of a woman from the Silla Kingdom, in Gyenongiu, their historic capital. The Silla ruled part of the Korean Peninsula from 57 BC to AD 935 .
  
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• Contrails thicken clouds so they reflect more radiation

  21-06-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Hertfordshire found condensation trails from aircraft (pictured) may be making clouds reflect more radiation.
  
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• Bees with numberplates will soon be buzzing around London. Why?

  21-06-2016 18:35 via go.theregister.com
  
  Scientists hope Big Smoke inhabitants will plant aphid-friendly flowers Hundreds of bees with special number plates attached to their fuzzy abdomens will be released from the rooftops of Queen Mary University of London later today.…
  
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• Why you REALLY shouldn't scratch a mosquito bite: Inflammation from itching 'helps viruses like Zika spread around the body' 

  21-06-2016 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Leeds and Glasgow universities discovered some white blood cells, triggered by the body's immune response to the saliva, became infected and replicated the virus.
  
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• Birds can grasp the basics of human grammar

  21-06-2016 18:29
  
  Researchers have found that budgerigars and zebra finches can understand the abstract relation between sounds
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• Birds can grasp the basics of grammar

  21-06-2016 18:29
  
  Researchers have found that budgerigars and zebra finches can understand the abstract relation between sounds
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• Mystery of Earth's third radiation belt solved: Killer electrons that circle the planet are created by a massive 'space tsunami'

  21-06-2016 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The third Van Allen belt puzzled scientists with increasingly complex models being developed. Now scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, believe they know how it formed.
  
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• 'Space tsunamis' solve mystery of the third Van Allen belt

  21-06-2016 18:13
  
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• How to deal with unruly children: Scientists say a 20 minute walk with your family could stop arguments and help you bond

  21-06-2016 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of Illinois suggests that nature has the potential to have greater positive outcomes for families than other leisure contexts such as watching TV.
  
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• China sales help Warcraft top list of game-based films

  21-06-2016 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warcraft becomes the highest grossing film based on a video game.
  
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• Taylor Swift joins copyright law plea

  21-06-2016 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Musicians including Taylor Swift, U2 and Sir Paul McCartney call for online copyright laws to be reformed.
  
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• Even Earth's deepest ocean trench is polluted: Man-made toxic chemicals are found 7 MILES below the Pacific

  21-06-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers studying amphipods from the Mariana and Kermadec Trenches (illustrated) found high concentrations of toxic chemicals used to make plastics and flame retardants.
  
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• Say goodbye to flight delays: Pilots can better predict which weather conditions will lead to lethal build-up of ice on plane wings

  21-06-2016 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University built on the previously known concept of supercooled large droplets which freeze and cause ice to build up on airplane wings.
  
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• A chirp off the old block: Zebra finches learn their song from their fathers in the same way humans learn their first language

  21-06-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University has identified the neurons in the brain that are associated with auditory memory of song.
  
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• The World vs.MS initiative

  21-06-2016 16:57
  
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• China's Tencent to buy Clash of Clans developer Supercell

  21-06-2016 16:46
  
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• Twitter launches Engage app for celebrities and 'influencers'

  21-06-2016 16:40
  
  The Engage app is only available to download in the US and for iOS
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• Could Tim Peake be the next man on the moon? British astronaut says landing on the lunar surface would be a 'dream'

  21-06-2016 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 44-year-old astronaut has said he would go back to space in 'a heartbeat' and is now dreaming of a mission the Moon. He said the best thing about being back on Earth was gravity when using the toilet.
  
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• Hands-on with the £109 wearable subwoofer Basslet

  21-06-2016 15:59
  
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• Instagram's user base grows to more than 500 million with 4.2bn likes every day

  21-06-2016 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-headquartered Instagram now boasts more than 500 million users, more than 80 percent of whom are outside the United States, the company has said.
  
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• This wearable subwoofer 'pumps' bass into your body

  21-06-2016 15:47
  
  The Basslet by LoFelt costs £109 and will start shipping in late 2016
  By: Matthew Reynolds and Jeremy WhiteContinue reading...
  
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• Mobile phones used by hospital staff 'harbour viruses'

  21-06-2016 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swabs revealed evidence of viruses on 38.5 per cent ofdevices.The discovery, made in France, raises concerns about hygiene in hospital wards housing vulnerable patients - especially children.
  
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• Google Chrome may be to blame if your laptop battery keeps dying

  21-06-2016 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft tested the same video on four different laptops - each running on a different internet browser. Google Chrome drained the battery much quicker than the other browsers.
  
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• Hack attack drains start-up investment fund

  21-06-2016 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hackers have taken control of virtual cash worth $60m (£41m) by exploiting a bug in a system designed to help start-ups.
  
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• Instagram now has half a billion users

  21-06-2016 15:04
  
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• Instagram boss on pitching to the Pope

  21-06-2016 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  To mark Instagram reaching more than half a billion active users, its chief Kevin Systrom speaks to the BBC about its growth strategy.
  
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• Why Mozart beats Abba when it comes to the heart and blood pressure

  21-06-2016 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mozart's symphony No. 40 in G minor was found to be the most effective at lowering blood pressure while the words in Abba's music actually stimulated the brain, German researchers found.
  
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• Tencent pays for majority stake in Clash of Clans maker

  21-06-2016 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings is buying a majority stake in Supercell, the Finnish maker of the Clash of Clans game.
  
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• Tim Peake: 'I saw flames outside the window'

  21-06-2016 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake describes his dramatic journey home to Earth from the International Space Station.
  
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